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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

Ashley Winstead

345 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Ripe

Sarah Rose Etter

276 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Weight of Blood

Tiffany D. Jackson

406 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction horror thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
We Need to Talk About Money by Otegha Uwagba

We Need to Talk About Money

Otegha Uwagba

276 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

218 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Age of Umbrage by Jessica Zafra

The Age of Umbrage

Jessica Zafra

126 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ropey's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced